Spring NEARC 2025: Full Schedule

10:15am EDT

From Classroom to Career: Navigating the Geospatial Industry

Wednesday May 28, 2025 10:15am - 11:45am EDT

This panel aims to bridge the gap between academic learning and professional success in the geospatial industry by bringing together a diverse mix of professionals to discuss their careers and insights. Topics will cover a wide range from various career paths and industries, to essential technical and soft skills, and current trends. Additionally, the panel will provide valuable guidance on job search strategies, resume building, networking tips, and understanding employer expectations.

Speakers

Nate Ward

Manager of Solutions Architecture, Terracon

Nate Ward, GISP, is the Manager of Solutions Architecture at Terracon, an engineering firm. In this role, he leads a team to provide administration of the organization’s spatial infrastructure, systems, and data, while providing solutions and interoperability for projects, initiatives... Read More →

Wednesday May 28, 2025 10:15am - 11:45am EDT
Room 210 - Student Center (Theater)

Education - Panel

1:15pm EDT

Mapping Vermont Flooding and Vulnerable Communities in Preparation for Future Events

Wednesday May 28, 2025 1:15pm - 1:45pm EDT

Room 210 - Student Center (Theater)

Through mapping flood risk and identifying vulnerable communities, knowledge on frontline Vermonters is developed. Inundation models, drone imagery, road closure data, and Census data are used together to map Vermonters who experience vulnerability.

Speakers

Samantha Grant

M.S. Student, University of Vermont

Wednesday May 28, 2025 1:15pm - 1:45pm EDT
Room 210 - Student Center (Theater)

Hydrology

1:45pm EDT

Integrating Behavioral Science with Spatial Modeling to Target Fertilizer Reduction Campaigns

Wednesday May 28, 2025 1:45pm - 2:15pm EDT

Room 210 - Student Center (Theater)

Nitrogen (N) from residential lawn fertilizer is an increasing concern for the Long Island Sound (LIS) watershed due to its contribution to water quality impairment. While the impacts of excessive fertilization on coastal waters are well known there

Speakers

Qian Lei-Parent

Geospatial Analyst, University of Connecticut, CLEAR

I am a research associate at the University of Connecticut’s Center for Land Use Education and Research (CLEAR) with research interests on GIS/remote sensing applications to natural resources management. Her current role is to perform geospatial analyses and develop web-based mapping... Read More →

Wednesday May 28, 2025 1:45pm - 2:15pm EDT
Room 210 - Student Center (Theater)

Hydrology

2:15pm EDT

Remapping our Nation’s streams: How the USGS’s 3D Hydrography Program (3DHP) can support New England

Wednesday May 28, 2025 2:15pm - 2:45pm EDT

Room 210 - Student Center (Theater)

The USGS’s new 3D Hydrography Program (3DHP), is an initiative to comprehensively remap the Nation’s hydrography using high-quality Lidar. 3DHP improves the locational accuracy of mapped streams, increases the mapping density of headwater streams, and provides a network-addressable hydrographic framework. This presentation will highlight the key advancements of 3DHP, explores current development in New England, and showcase examples of how the new hydrography can address local needs.

Speakers

adam benthem

National Map Liaison, USGS

Adam studies the anthropogenic modification of rivers and land surfaces. He specializes in using remote sensing to monitor and predict landform change through time with a focus on integrating field-based site measurements with regional-scale geospatial datasets. He received his Master’s... Read More →

Wednesday May 28, 2025 2:15pm - 2:45pm EDT
Room 210 - Student Center (Theater)

Hydrology

3:15pm EDT

The New England Collaborative Hydrography Project

Wednesday May 28, 2025 3:15pm - 4:45pm EDT

Room 210 - Student Center (Theater)

The panel will discuss the efforts of five New England states, Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, which are working on a collaborative 3DHP (three-dimensional, networked hydrography datasets) project.

Speakers

Tom Mueller

Deputy Director, MassGIS

Wednesday May 28, 2025 3:15pm - 4:45pm EDT
Room 210 - Student Center (Theater)

Hydrology - Panel